Tag: Jusuf Kalla
Improved Mass Transportation Outlook
It’s not perfect yet, but Indonesia has finally operated its first modern mass transportation, the light -rail transit (LRT) in Palembang, South Sumatra province. VP Jusuf Kalla used the LRT from airport to Jakabaring sports city in Palembang, Sunday (Aug 26). In the meantime, the greater Jakarta LRT might eventually be extended to Bogor city center in West Java.
Read MoreJokowi-Mar’uf Campaign Team: Interesting Names (2)
Akbar Tanjung, senior politician from Golkar Party, is listed in the Steering Board of Jokowi-Mar’uf Amin Campaign Team alongside Vice President Jusuf Kalla. Agung Laksono, the other senior Golkar leader, is also member of the board, but Aburizal Bakrie, former chairman of Golkar, is not listed anywhere in the team.
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Sandiaga & Campaign Funding Commitment
Both the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) denied of receiving Rp500 billion each from Sandiaga Uno as compensation for allowing him to become running mate of Prabowo Subianto. Sandiaga considered the said ‘dowry’ a commitment to finance campaign (legislative?), while politicians from Democratic Party led by Indonesia’s sixth president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) refused to drop their allegations. More anti-graft organizations, in the meantime, mount pressures to the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to investigate the case. Say that the combined Rp1 trillion will eventually come out of Sandiaga’s pocket, how would he do that?
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2019 Presidential Race: Campaign Leave
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is going to have to take a leave when campaigning for his re-election. The good news is that the leave is only effective per the day and time of his campaigning on the road, and that it doesn’t mean that his presidential privileges and duties are stripped off while on leave. That being said, Jokowi seems keen to delegate. Vice President Jusuf Kalla is not going to campaign for the President because he’s going to focus on running the government while Jokowi is on leave. The question then is what will Kalla do while Jokowi is away?
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The Campaign Teams
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has confirmed that Vice President (VP) Jusuf Kalla is willing to become the head of his campaign team’s Advisory Council. On the other side, the Democratic Party denied that Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) was willing to become the head of Prabowo-Sandi’s campaign team.
Read MorePolicies Issue to Watch
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that the country may need stricter foreign exchange (FX) regime in order to help stabilize the rupiah, citing the little amount of foreign currency earnings from exports repatriated back to the domestic financial market. Only around 80% of foreign reserve exchange stay in the domestic economy.
Read MoreSignals from Kalla
Vice President Jusuf Kalla defended President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo after the opposition group criticized the President over the speech he gave at a volunteers event late last week. This is an interesting development in the midst of questions whether Kalla would continue to support Jokowi in the 2019 presidential race.
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Kalla & 2019 Race (3)
It now looks like Vice President Jusuf Kalla does not yet want to retire from politics. Kalla has said that he’d gladly be the running mate of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo if given the privilege to serve once more. He’s now waiting for the Constitutional Court (MK)’s view on whether that’s possible via the judicial review over the Election Law No. 7/2017 filed by Perindo, a political party led by media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo.
Read MoreWitness for the Defense: Jusuf Kalla
Suryadharma Ali, the former Minister of Religious Affairs who’s now a graft convict, filed a Reconsideration (PK) petition at the Supreme Court last month. The trial began two weeks after that and Suryadharma still claim innocence. What’s interesting to note from the trial is the presence of Vice President Jusuf Kalla as a witness for Suryadharma. This is the fourth time Jusuf Kalla has attended trials of cases of corruption as a witness for the defense.
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SBY, Prabowo, and the 2019 Race
Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) is still working to find a ticket for his son Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono. After failing to secure Vice President Jusuf Kalla’s endorsement, SBY’s Democratic Party is considering the option of pairing Anies Baswedan with Agus, or Prabowo Subianto with Agus. SBY even sent his closest aide Syarief Hasan, who is also deputy chairman of Democratic Party, to deliver a message to Prabowo.
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Kalla & 2019 Race (2)
The Chief Adviser of Vice President Jusuf Kalla Sofjan Wanandi stated that the VP has rejected the...
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SBY, Jokowi & 2019 Race (2)
The Head of Democratic Party’s Public Communication Division Imelda Sari recently told the press why Democratic Party hasn’t joined President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s 2019 coalition. What’s interesting from Imelda’s statement is that we get her side of the story on Jokowi’s vice presidential (VP) candidate selection process.
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